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One World, Many Stories (Winter 2016)

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Four Feet, Two Sandals

Four Feet, Two Sandals

By: Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed

Illustrated by:
Doug Chayka

ISBN: 9780802852960

My Name Is Sangoel

My Name Is Sangoel

By: Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed

Illustrated by:
Catherine Stock

ISBN: 9780802853073

Abayomi, The Brazilian Puma: The True Story of an Orphaned Puma

Abayomi, The Brazilian Puma

By: Darcy Pattison

Illustrated by:
Kitty Harvill

ISBN: 978-1-62944-000-2

Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People

Sitting Bull

By: S.D. Nelson

ISBN: 9781419707315

The Little Tree

The Little Tree

By: Muon Van

Illustrated by:
JoAnn Adinolfi

ISBN: 9781939547194

Because You’ll Never Meet Me

Because You’ll Never Meet Me

By: Leah Thomas

ISBN: 9781619635906

The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend

The Hero Two Doors Down

By: Sharon Robinson

ISBN: 9780545804516

Nurtured and Nuzzled ∙ Criados y Acariciados

Nurtured and Nuzzled ∙ Criados y Acariciados

By: Editors at Platypus Media

Illustrated by:
Mike Speiser

ISBN: 9781930775800

Toby and the Ice Giants

Toby and the Ice Giants

By: Joe Lillington

Illustrated by:
Joe Lillington

ISBN: 9781909263581

Liberty

Liberty

By: Darcy Pattison

ISBN: 9781629440644

Shackleton’s Journey

Shackleton’s Journey

By: William Grill

Illustrated by:
William Grill

ISBN: 9781909263109

Introducing Teddy

Introducing Teddy

By: Jessica Walton

Illustrated by:
Dougal MacPherson

ISBN: 9781681192109

Christmas from Heaven: The True Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber

Christmas from Heaven

By: Tom Brokaw

Illustrated by:
Robert T. Barrett

ISBN: 9781609077006

The Sun is Also a Star

The Sun is Also a Star

By: Nicola Yoon

ISBN: 9780553496680

Trailblazers: 33 Women in Science Who Changed the World

Trailblazers

By: Rachel Swaby

ISBN: 9780399553967

Up from the Sea

Up from the Sea

By: Lesa Lowitz

ISBN: 9780553534740

The Last Thirteen: 13

The Last Thirteen

By: James Phelan

ISBN: 9781610672542

Make Buildings: A Doodle Design Activity Book

Make Buildings

By: Christopher Harrisson

Illustrated by:
Charlotte Farmer

ISBN: • 9781610674102

Pass the Pandowdy, Please

Pass the Pandowdy, Please

By: Abigail Zelz

Illustrated by:
Eric Zelz

ISBN: 9780884484684

The Soda Bottle School

The Soda Bottle School

By: Laura Kutner, Suzanne Slade

Illustrated by:
Aileen Darragh

ISBN: 9780884483717

Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan

Lost Boy, Lost Girl

By: John Bul Dau and Martha Arual Akech with Michael S. Sweeney and Karen M. Kostyal

ISBN: 9781426307089

National Geographic Kids Chapters: Rhino Rescue

National Geographic Kids Chapters

By: Clara Hodgson Meeker

ISBN: 9781426323119

Paper Wishes

Paper Wishes

By: Lois Sepahban

ISBN: 9780374302160

Can You Say Peace?

Can You Say Peace?

By: Karen Katz

Illustrated by:
Karen Katz

ISBN: 9781250073211

The Runaway’s Gold

The Runaway’s Gold

By: Emilie Christie Burack

ISBN: 9781419713699

Riding Chance

Riding Chance

By: Christine Kendall

ISBN: 9780545924047

Where Did My Clothes Come From?

Where Did My Clothes Come From?

By: Christine Butterworth

Illustrated by:
Lucia Gaggiotti

ISBN: 9780763677503

Gaia Warriors

Gaia Warriors

By: Nicola Davies, with an afterword by James Lovelock

ISBN: 9780763648084

A Year Full of Stories: 52 Folk Tales and Legends from All Around the World

A Year Full of Stories

By: Angela McAllister

ISBN: 9781847808684

Journey Around the World (Playmobil)

Journey Around the World (Playmobil)

By: Richard Unglik

ISBN: 9781633220799

City Atlas: Travel the World with 30 City Maps

City Atlas

By: Georgia Cherry

Illustrated by:
Martin Haake

ISBN: 9781847807014

Wheels of Change

Wheels of Change

By: Darlene Beck Jacobson

ISBN: 9781939547132

Always With You

Always With You

By: Ruth Vander Zee

ISBN: 9780802852953

The Wizard Who Saved the World

The Wizard Who Saved the World

By: Jeffrey Bennett

Illustrated by:
Roberta Collier-Morales

ISBN: 9780972181945

A Thirst for Home: A Story of Water Across the World

A Thirst for Home

By: Christine Ieronimo

Illustrated by:
Eric Velasquez

ISBN: 9780802723079

Arcady’s Goal

Arcady’s Goal

By: Eugene Yelchin

Illustrated by:
Eugene Yelchin

ISBN: 9780805098440

This Side of Home

This Side of Home

By: Renée Watson

ISBN: 9781599906683

Black and White

Black and White

By: Dahlov Ipcar

Illustrated by:
Dahlov Ipcar

ISBN: 9781909263444

In a Village by the Sea

In a Village by the Sea

By: Muon Van

Illustrated by:
April Chu

ISBN: 9781939547156

Lailah’s Lunchbox

Lailah’s Lunchbox

By: Reem Faruqi

Illustrated by:
Lea Lyon

ISBN: 9780884484318

Kell, the Alien: Book 1, The Aliens, Inc. Series

Kell, the Alien

By: Darcy Pattison

Illustrated by:
Rich Davis

ISBN: 9781629440217

Give a Goat

Give a Goat

By: Jan West Schrock

Illustrated by:
Aileen Darragh

ISBN: 9780884483434

I, Humanity

I, Humanity

By: Jeffrey Bennett

ISBN: 9781937548520

The Girl Who Saved Yesterday

The Girl Who Saved Yesterday

By: Julius Lester

Illustrated by:
Carl Angel

ISBN: 9781939547248

Mira’s Diary: California Dreaming

Mira’s Diary

By: Marissa Moss

ISBN: 9781939547224

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

By: John Boyne

ISBN: 9781627790307

Fiction, Teen, Historical Fiction

She Stood for Freedom : The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

She Stood for Freedom

By: Loki Mullholland

Illustrated by:
Charlotta Janssen

ISBN: 9781629721774

One Minute Mysteries: More Short Mysteries You Solve With Science!

One Minute Mysteries

By: Eric and Natalie Yoder

ISBN: 9781938492150

All We Have Left

All We Have Left

By: Wendy Mills

ISBN: 9781619633438

Marcel

Marcel

By: Eda Akaltun

Illustrated by:
Eda Akaltun

ISBN: 9781909263758

One Day on our Blue Planet… in the Antarctic

One Day on our Blue Planet… in the Antarctic

By: Ella Bailey

Illustrated by:
Ella Bailey

ISBN: 9781909263673

Learning to Swear in America

Learning to Swear in America

By: Katie Kennedy

ISBN: 9781619639096

The Orphan Keeper

The Orphan Keeper

By: Camron Wright

ISBN: 9781629722245

Hopping Ahead of Climate Change — Snowshoe Hares, Science, and Survival

Hopping Ahead of Climate Change — Snowshoe Hares, Science, and Survival

By: Sneed B. Collard III

ISBN: 9780984446087

Beautiful Blue World

Beautiful Blue World

By: Suzanne LaFleur

ISBN: 9780385743006

The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Anne Frank’s Window

The Tree in the Courtyard

By: Jeff Gottesfeld

Illustrated by:
Peter McCarty

ISBN: 9780385753975

Chloe in India

Chloe in India

By: Kate Darnton

ISBN: 9780553535044

Anna Hibiscus

Anna Hibiscus

By: Atinuke

Illustrated by:
Lauren Tobia

ISBN: 9781935279730

Moon Watchers

Moon Watchers

By: Reza Jalali

Illustrated by:
Anne Sibley O'Brien

ISBN: 9780884483212

Talking Walls: Discover Your World

Talking Walls

By: Margy Burns Knight

Illustrated by:
Anne Sibley O'Brien

ISBN: 9780884483564

Seeking the Snow Leopard

Seeking the Snow Leopard

By: Jon Micelar

ISBN: 9781943431168

Satchi and Little Star

Satchi and Little Star

By: Donna Marie Seim

Illustrated by:
Susan Spellman

ISBN: 9780982823675

A Cool Drink of Water

A Cool Drink of Water

By: Barbara Kerley

ISBN: 9781426313295

Every Human Has Rights: What You Need to Know About Your Human Rights

Every Human Has Rights

By: National Geographic Kids

ISBN: 978142630510

Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall

Untamed

By: Anita Silvey

ISBN: 9781426315183

1,001 Inventions and Awesome Facts from Muslim Civilization

1,001 Inventions and Awesome Facts from Muslim Civilization

By: National Geographic Kids

ISBN: 9781426312588

Anna & Solomon

Anna & Solomon

By: Elaine Snyder

Illustrated by:
Harry Bliss

ISBN: 9780374303624

90 Miles to Havana

90 Miles to Havana

By: Enrique Flores-Galbis

ISBN: 9781250005595

Every Falling Star

Every Falling Star

By: Sungju Lee and Susan McClelland

ISBN: 9781419721328

Weather, Weather

Weather, Weather

By: Maira Kalman and Daniel Handler

Illustrated by:
Maira Kalman

ISBN: 9781633450141

The Bamboo Sword

The Bamboo Sword

By: Margi Preus

ISBN: 9781441970807

First Flight Around the World

First Flight Around the World

By: Tim Grove

ISBN: 9781419714825

Mission Mumbai: A Novel of Sacred Cows, Snakes, and Stolen Toilets

Mission Mumbai

By: Mahtab Narsimhan

ISBN: 9780545746519

Save Me a Seat

Save Me a Seat

By: Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan

ISBN: 9780545846608

Unidentified Suburban Object

Unidentified Suburban Object

By: Mike Jung

ISBN: 9780545782265

Making Friends with Billy Wong

Making Friends with Billy Wong

By: Augusta Scattergood

ISBN: 9780545924252

Children Growing Up with War

Children Growing Up with War

By: Jenny Matthews

ISBN: 9780763669423

Who We Are!: All About Being the Same and Being Different

Who We Are!

By: Robie H. Harris

Illustrated by:
Nadine Bernard Westcott

ISBN: 9780763669034

Can We Help?

Can We Help?

By: George Ancona

ISBN: 9780763673673

Dolls of Hope

Dolls of Hope

By: Shirley Parenteau

ISBN: 9780763677527

Three Years and Eight Months

Three Years and Eight Months

By: Icy Smith

Illustrated by:
Jennifer Kindert

ISBN: 9780985623784

Half Spoon of Rice: A Survival Story of the Cambodian Genocide

Half Spoon of Rice

By: Icy Smith

Illustrated by:
Sopaul Nhem

ISBN: 9780982167588

Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction

Mei Ling in China City

Mei Ling in China City

By: Icy Smith

Illustrated by:
Gayle Garner Roski

ISBN: 9780979933950

What in the World!: Wild, Weird and Wonderful Adventures of a Wanderer

What in the World!

By: Michael Smith

ISBN: 9780966943740

My Village: Rhymes from Around the World in their Original Languages

My Village

By: Danielle Wright

Illustrated by:
Mique Moriuchi

Spot the Seal Around the World

Spot the Seal Around the World

By: Sarah Khan

ISBN: 9781609928230

The Hello Atlas

The Hello Atlas

By: Kenard Pak

ISBN: 9781847808639

Caravaggio: Painter on the Run

Caravaggio

By: Marissa Moss

ISBN: 9781939547293